"The blunt reality is that there will be dwindling appetite and patience in the U.S. Congress - and in the American body politic writ large - to expend increasingly precious funds on behalf of nations that are apparently unwilling to devote the necessary resources or make the necessary changes to be serious and capable partners in their own defense," he said.

Experts revealed that those Pakistani civilians who have come under the unauthorized drone airstrike in Pakistan's troubled northwest have been afflicted with complicated skin, eye and respiratory diseases due to the deadly chemical materials used in the missiles....

A Pentagon document called the “United States Contribution to Operation Unified Protector,” indicates that Washington has spent $664 million in the Libya war by mid-May, The Financial Times reported on Thursday.

The figure released by the parliament show a significant rise in comparison with the almost £4.25 million peers received in the last three months of 2009, despite earlier pledges by the Senior Salaries Review Board that the new system will be “cost neutral”.

During the meeting on Thursday, several Western countries, including the US and Australia recognized the [puppet] Transitional National Council (TNC) as "the legitimate interlocutor" of the Libyan people.